intel_dp_link_symbol_clock(9)

💅 intel_dp_link_symbol_clock(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes, the actual manual, we're doing this, and honestly? this little function ate. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

intel_dp_link_symbol_clock — literally converts your link rate into a link symbol clock, that's the whole vibe 💫

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int intel_dp_link_symbol_clock (int rate );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• rate — the link rate, measured in 10kbit/s units. yes, 10kbit/s, not 10 bit/s, not 100kbit/s, keep up bestie 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what it does: it returns the link symbol clock frequency in kHz units, and that number depends on two things — the link rate and the channel coding. that's it, that's the function. lowkey iconic for how much it doesn't overexplain 😌

no cap, the channel coding part is doing real work in that sentence — the answer isn't just rate math, it's rate math with the coding factored in. periodt.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
• intel_dp_is_edp(9)
• intel_dp_link_symbol_size(9)
• intel_dp_effective_data_rate(9)
• intel_dp_max_link_data_rate(9)
• intel_dp_sink_enable_decompression(9)
• intel_dp_sink_disable_decompression(9)
• intel_dp_sync_state(9)
• intel_dp_check_mst_status(9)

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mwah 💋 that's the page! it lives over in ./drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display, and this lil drop is dated October 2026 — so if you're reading this from the future, hiii, slay, hope your link symbol clock is behaving 🧚⭐